Colombian court orders protection of massacre victims' relatives
Colombian court orders protection of massacre victims' relatives
Wednesday, 11 January 2012 11:45
Miriam Wells
Colombia's constitutional court has warned of threats being received by relatives of justice officials murdered by paramilitaries.
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Relatives have been followed and illegally wiretapped, actions which indicate they are in real danger, according to the ruling released by the court and reported by Colombian media Wednesday.
The court said, "The lack of diligence of the state in implementing measures to prevent the materialization of the threat of the armed group, "Black Eagles Capital Bloc," demonstrates an outright ignorance of the Inter-American Convention on Human Rights and the principles of international law."
A group of 15 justice officials were kidnapped and shot by paramilitaries in the village of La Rochela, in the northern department of Santander, while they were investigating other massacres -- only three survived.
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